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The real estate recovery is an opportunity for cities in the Phoenix metro area to re-think an approach to development that has prevailed for the past 60 years. Recently, two housing experts talked about what the next phase of Arizona’s growth might look like, given vision and planning.

Real estate expert Michael Orr favors price per square foot over median price when tracking changes in the Maricopa and Pinal County market. That’s because price per square foot reveals incrementally small price changes, allowing us to see movement long before median price is affected.

The after-event review has emerged as a promising leadership development tool for businesses. First used by the military, the after-event review is a structured examination and analysis of an action by its participants after it has concluded.

The economic woes we’ve been struggling with won’t disappear anytime soon, said David Greenlaw, Morgan Stanley’s chief U.S. fixed income economist in a speech in New York City last week. Greenlaw and former Morgan Stanley colleague Richard Berner, now counselor to the Secretary of the U.S.

Alan Goldman is a management and entrepreneurship professor of practice at the W. P. Carey School of Business. He’s teaching the negotiations classes in the 2012 Small Business Leadership Academy presented by W. P. Carey’s Center for Executive and Professional Development.

The end of summer brought few surprises in the Phoenix real estate market. Prices were down, as expected, but compared to spring it was a much less frenetic market. Mike Orr, director of the Center for Real Estate Theory and Practice at the W. P.

Corporations may strut their synergies and crow about cost savings in acquisition announcements, but does buying a company really create shareholder value? Generally not — but what happens when company A buys brand X from company B?

Owner and CEO Dan Harkins was the featured speaker at the Economic Club of Phoenix luncheon on Oct. 11, 2012. He talked about the position of theatre operators in the entertainment industry and building a successful family business.

The 2012 W. P. Carey School of Business Spirit of Enterprise Award finalists represent a wide variety of small businesses, but regardless of their industry, their success stories sound similar chords. KnowMGMT has identified five of those strategies, measures any business owner can apply.

Do you check the reviews before booking a hotel? Although number of social media outlets is increasing, consumer review forums remain the most influential with over 60 percent reading reviews before purchasing.